Quick definitions from WordNet (totalitarian)▸ adjective:of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life ("Totalitarian theory and practice")▸ adjective:characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control ("A totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.")
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